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I bought an 88 Suzuki Samurai in October.
Should be a fun off-road truck.

Probably all I will do at first is a bunch of armor stuff-gas tank, t-case, rock sliders, cage. Swap to 5.14 gears with mini spool in the rear.
Re-do the brakes, new cheap shocks (may even skip this) and get the engine working flawlessly (since getting stranded in the woods would be REALLY bad.

I figure if it's something we like I'll get more radical with it.

AFAIK Sgarnett and Judd are the only ones here that are remotely interested in something like this.

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As for Samis, they can be LOTS of fun and will go so much further than you can imagine w/ some basic mods. Here's how I used to wheels (friend's rig, I was full-time spotter/right-hand-man)...

We made it up the "famous" Tank Traps in Hollister Hills on probably the smallest tires ever: 30x10.5 SSRs. Mods are pretty basic: Spring Over, CJ Front Springs, 4" Lift Sami Rear Springs, 4:1 T-Case gears, Lincoln Locker in the back, still open in the front, "Revolver" Shackles and really, that's about it.

-TJ

That's close to the plan I have for mine. I will probably skip the spring over and maybe just add some National lift springs, rears at all 4's. And revolver shackles.
And then trim, trim, trim. It's got 31x10.5's with just a shackle lift.

I figure if I hack away enough sheet metal that when I do a spring over w/yota axles, I should fit 35's or 36's. And hopefully it will be wide enough w/those axles to not be super top heavy.